Bw Ideol

Buchan Offshore Wind has achieved Basic Design Certification from DNV for its BW Ideol-designed concrete Damping Pool floating support structure, signalling progress in the development of the near one-gigawatt floating offshore wind project. The certification was awarded by Sille Grjotheim, director

Progress has been made on plans to produce floating offshore wind foundations at Port of Ardersier with the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) approving over £778,000 in Scottish Government funding.

Buchan Offshore Wind has submitted its offshore consent applications to Scottish Ministers for a proposed floating offshore windfarm 75 km to the northeast of Fraserburgh on the Aberdeenshire coast. The developer has already secured the seabed development rights from Crown Estate Scotland as part of

In the 1970s, Ardersier – a vast and currently unused port 14 miles east of Inverness – was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, employing up to 4500 workers. At over 400 acres (162ha) and with more than a kilometre of quayside, Ardersier is the largest brownfield p